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Major internet outage hits the U.S.

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No, it’s not just you. 

Large swaths of the United States are currently experiencing internet connection problems with several major ISPs apparently affected. Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T all appear to be having issues, with Comcast blaming the outage on an “external network issue.”

This outage falls just after the one-year anniversary of a major DDOS attack on Dyn that crippled the internet for a day in October of 2016. 

Looks like it’s impacting multiple major telecom providers, not just #Comcast, including #Verizon, #ATT, and #Spectrum pic.twitter.com/ApSAvvRunm

— Crane Hassold (@CraneHassold) November 6, 2017 Read more…

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